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Allah has appointed the observance of fasting during it as an obligatory duty, and the passing of its night in prayer as a
voluntary practice
Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 1965
Narrated by Narrated by
Salman al-Farisi
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said in a sermon which he delivered to them on the last day of Sha'ban, "A great
month, a blessed month, a month containing a night which is better than a thousand months has approached you people.
Allah has appointed the observance of fasting during it as an obligatory duty, and the passing of its night in prayer as a
voluntary practice.
BLOOD:
2:30 - Behold thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth." They said "Wilt thou
place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood? Whilst we do celebrate Thy
praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said: "I know what ye know not." 47
2:84 - And remember We took your Covenant (to this effect): shed no blood amongst you nor turn
out your own people from your homes; and this ye solemnly ratified and to this ye can bear
witness. 88
2:173 - He hath only forbidden you dead meat and blood and the flesh of swine and that on which
any other name hath been invoked besides that of Allah but if one is forced by necessity
without wilful disobedience nor transgressing due limits then is he guiltless. For Allah is Oft-
Forgiving Most Merciful. 173174
5:3 - Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat blood the flesh of swine and that on which hath
been invoked the name of other than Allah ……… 691692693694
6:145 - Say: "I find not in the Message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be
eaten by one who wishes to eat it unless it be dead meat or blood poured forth 969
7:133 - So We sent (plagues) on them wholesale death Locusts Lice Frogs and Blood: signs
openly Self-explained; but they were steeped in arrogance a people given to sin. 10901091
8:75 - And those who accept faith subsequently and adopt exile and fight for the faith in your
company they are of you. But kindred by blood have prior rights against each other in the
Book of Allah. Verily Allah is well acquainted with all things. 12441245
12:18 -They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay but your minds have made up a tale
(that may pass) with you. (For me) patience is most fitting: against that which ye assert it is
Allah (alone) whose help can be sought"... 16511652
16:66 - And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive Sign. From what is within their bodies
between excretions and blood We produce for your drink milk pure and agreeable to those
who drink it. 209320942095
16:115 - He has only forbidden you dead meat and blood and the flesh of swine and any (food)
over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity
without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits then Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most
Merciful. 2152
22:37 - It is not their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah: it is your piety that reaches Him: He
has thus made them subject to you that ye may glorify Allah for His guidance to you: and
proclaim the Good News to all who do right. 2815
2815 The essence of sacrifice has been explained in n. 2810. No one should suppose that meat or blood is acceptable to
the One True God. It was a Pagan fancy that Allah could be appeased by blood sacrifice. But Allah does accept the
offering of our hearts, and as a symbol of such offer, some visible institution is necessary. He has given us power over
the brute creation, and permitted us to eat meat, but only if we pronounce His name at the solemn act of taking life, for
without this solemn invocation, we are apt to forget the sacredness of fife. By the invocation we are reminded that
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